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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1888

Page

2

RAB AT WINFIELD TO ADDRESS GRAND ARMY DAY

The Grand Commander of the National G A R will attend the Fourth of July encampment at Winfield Kansas with plans to deliver an address on Grand Army day. Also reported Pratt Bank robbery details and broad market notes across several states.

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Indiana cyclone devastates towns and rail lines strikes in Arkansas

A powerful cyclone swept northern Indiana causing freight cars to lift off tracks near Winslow and spread debris across prairie lands. Fires broke out in Illinois and Missouri as stock and lumber yards burned, while water levels surged in Rock Island, creating extensive flood damage and forcing evacuations.

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Tariff Debate and Southern Convention Notes

The House debated tariff policy with Mr. Scott defending political economy and opposing protectionist surges, while critics urged restraint to prevent burdens on labor and industry. Concurrently the Southern Baptist Convention met in Richer Virginia, reporting progress and funding needs, with emphasis on missions in the South, Cuba, and abroad, and Methodist deliberations in New York discussing ministerial relief and conference plans.

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Fragmented 19th Century Scrap Recounts Excerpts From Exposition and Crime

A garbled OCR page surveys the Australian Exposition in Melbourne, references steamships, and notes a crime scare with a mob incident at a farm. It mentions various places, ships, losses, and legal actions, interwoven with disjoint phrases about progress and public notices.

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Mean Business and Crverceaty in Sundey Closings

A garbled text fragment reports a colored divine hanged in Atlanta on May 21 and a separate case in Kentucky involving a man charged with murder in a church route. Other lines mention a Miller down in XesEA and a police or legal notice about officers and property in various unclear localities.

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